Refrigerator



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L. BUTTER.

REFRIGERATOR.

Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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REFRIGERATOR.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI BUTTER, OF NEWMAN STOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

' REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,434, dated December5, 1882.

Application filed May 18, 1882. No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI BUTTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newmanstown, in the county of Lebanon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to refrigerators; and it consists of parts andcombination of parts, all as will hereinafter be described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal verticalsectional view, Fig. 2 a topplan view,0f theice-box with cover (brokenaway) thrown back; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section.

A represents the box; B, the cover; 0, the interior of the box, and Dthe ice-box.

The box is made with double walls, filled with any suitablenon-conducting material, and is provided with a door, A, which opensinto chamber O. -This chamber is provided with cleats 0 upon eaehside tosupport shelves or trays c.

The ice-box is of oblong shape, and is provided with double or hollowwalls, lined inside with metal, forming a chamber, which serves as awater-vessel, K.

A cock, D for drawing off the water is attached to the outer side of thecasing and to a pipe, which connects with a coil, D

The interior-of the box is provided with a metal tray, D, having aslitted bottom, upon which restsithe coil of water-pipes D One end ofthis coil is connected to the water-chamber K and the other to the pipepassing under the water-chamber at one side and attached to the cock DTo protect the coil of pipes from the ice a frame, E, is insertedbetween the coils, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

To the under side of tray D is attached a number of troughs, I ,closedat one end and inclined from the front to the rear of the box, for thepurpose of receiving the water from the ice.

Below thelower and open ends ofthetroughs' is a secondary inclinedtrough, A, attached to the rear wall of chamber 0, to catch the dripfrom the inclined troughs I.

To the lower end of trough A is attached a waste-pipe, A which passesdown through chamber Cl and the bottom of box A to a suitable vesselplaced under the box to receive the water. i

The bottom of the ice-box is provided with grooves 11, which tit overtongues d on the top of box A. Box D is also provided with hooks d,which catch over lugs d on the box A for an obvious purpose. (lover B ishinged to the top of the ice-box, and is held in place, when shut, by acatch, 1). Near the center and below handle B is a vent, B which allowsthe air to escape from the interior of the device.

I am aware that itis old toforni water-chambers in the walls of arefrigerator, that the bottom of ice boxes have been made of pipeshaving' connections with the water-chamber, and that inclined troughshave been placed below theice-box to catch the waste-water, which passesfrom the inclined trough to a transverse trough beneath the ends of thefirst troughs, and-these I do not claim; but

What I do claim is- An ice-box resting upon and removable from the wallsof arefrigerating chamber, and having a water-chamber open at top in itswalls, a single cover for the ice and water chambers, a coil of pipesrestingupon the slatted bottom of the ice-box, said slatted bottom and aseries of inclined troughs attached to the bottom of the box, incombination with a refrigerating-chain:

her having an inclined trough on the ice-box and provided with awaste-pipe, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI BUTTER.

Witnesses:

H. H. MATTHEWS, JOHN K. NoLL.

